Proverbs 11:22
A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
In Context
21Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved.
23The desire of the just is all good, the expectation of the wicked is indignation.
Cross References
Genesis 24:47And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? And she answered: I am the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Nachor, whom Melcha bore to him. So I put earrings on her to adorn her face, and I put bracelets on her hands.
Proverbs 9:13A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
Proverbs 31:30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Nahum 3:4Because of the multitude of the fornications of the harlot that was beautiful and agreeable, and that made use of witchcraft, that sold nations through her fornications, and families through her witchcrafts.
2 Peter 2:22For, that of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog is returned to his vomit; and: The sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:22
21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Observe, 1. That confederacies in sin shall certainly be broken, and shall not avail to protect the sinners: Though hand join in hand, though there are many that concur by their practice to keep wickedness in countenance, and engage to stand by one another in defending it against all the attacks of virtue and justice,—though they are in league for the support and propagation of it,—though wicked… Read the whole commentary →